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Mississippi Valley State University's Zeta Phi Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. was recently recognized for having the highest GPA among the fraternity's ten collegiate chapters in the state. Pictured from left are members of MVSU's Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.

Physical therapy patients who pass through South Sunflower County Hospital’s therapy wing are seeing results like never before.That is largely due to the fact that the Indianola-based hospital is using new technological advances to help patients, particularly the elderly, maneuver better.

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No one can tell a story quite like Walt Grayson.The weatherman, broadcaster, narrator, TV show host and writer found time to drop in on the Indianola Rotary Club last week to see some old friends and tell a few of his favorite stories from his travels around Mississippi, including the Delta.

Mississippi Valley State University's Zeta Phi Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. was recently recognized for having the highest GPA among the fraternity's ten collegiate chapters in the state. Pictured from left are members of MVSU's Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.

In the photo above, Timothy J. Jones, the individual being held as a person of interest in the MDCC arson investigation is handcuffed next to his vehicle at an Indianola residence, after leading officers on a chase that began in Moorhead. (Photo by Recardo Thomas)

Accused armed robbery suspect Jerome Bell is behind bars at the Sunflower County jail after turning himself in on Thursday afternoon. According to Sheriff James Haywood, Bell was arrested and charged with armed robbery in conjunction with the Jan. 27 incident at the Indianola Hampton Inn.

Last Saturday at 1:57 p.m., an armed gunman held up the front desk clerk at the Indianola Hampton Inn and reportedly got away with $750 in cash.Lt. Johnny Bland said the man came into the hotel, passed the clerk a letter to read and when she looked up he was pointing a gun at her.

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Photos by Recardo ThomasA pesky mosquito is accused of causing a four-car wreck on Second Street Tuesday. A 50-year-old Greenwood woman told police she was looking down to swat the annoying blood-sucker who was biting her leg in the cab of her truck. The next thing she knew, she had hit a parked car, she said.

The town of Drew may soon get its first grocery store.According to District 5 Supervisor Gloria Dickerson she and other community members have put forth a collaborative effort to bring the project to fruition.

BILOXI — The E-T won nine first-place awards — far more than any year in the past decade — in the Mississippi Press Association’s annual Better Newspaper Contest.Staff Reporter Recardo Thomas led the way with five firsts, including in key writing categories like best investigative story and planned series.

The B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center has been awarded a $143,976 grant from the Institute of Museum & Library Sciences (MLS.According to a release from the museum this week, this grant is part of a total of $1.4 million MLS will award over the next two years across the country.

Individuals seeking to qualify for Indianola’s municipal primary in October have until 5 p.m. tomorrow to qualify.A recently-passed state law now dictates that the qualifying deadline must be 60 days before the primary instead of 30.

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Photos by Recardo ThomasA pesky mosquito is accused of causing a four-car wreck on Second Street Tuesday. A 50-year-old Greenwood woman told police she was looking down to swat the annoying blood-sucker who was biting her leg in the cab of her truck. The next thing she knew, she had hit a parked car, she said.

The town of Drew may soon get its first grocery store.According to District 5 Supervisor Gloria Dickerson she and other community members have put forth a collaborative effort to bring the project to fruition.

BILOXI — The E-T won nine first-place awards — far more than any year in the past decade — in the Mississippi Press Association’s annual Better Newspaper Contest.Staff Reporter Recardo Thomas led the way with five firsts, including in key writing categories like best investigative story and planned series.

The B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center has been awarded a $143,976 grant from the Institute of Museum & Library Sciences (MLS.According to a release from the museum this week, this grant is part of a total of $1.4 million MLS will award over the next two years across the country.

Individuals seeking to qualify for Indianola’s municipal primary in October have until 5 p.m. tomorrow to qualify.A recently-passed state law now dictates that the qualifying deadline must be 60 days before the primary instead of 30.